Three days later, Xiong Huai summoned his ministers to discuss the generals of Vaqi.

in the main hall.

As soon as Xiong Huai sat down on the throne, he spoke: "In this battle of Qi, one is to avenge the prince and the rat, the second is to weaken the Qi State and severely damage the Qi State, and remove the threat of our Chu State in the northeast, and the third is to seize the Qi land.

For this reason, our Chu State has almost exhausted the elite of the country, in order to succeed in the first war, and I also asked the ministers and widows to work together to attack the Qi country. ”

When the ministers heard this, they all bowed down: "The ministers please go to war, and they are willing to die for the king." ”

The voice of the ministers fell, and Xiong Huai was about to nod, when a strange voice suddenly came from the hall:

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say.

As the leader of the coalition army, an important reason for the alliance army to attack Qi is to avenge Gongzi Zimo, and my Chu State has dispatched another 500,000 troops.

Therefore, the minister thought that the king should personally lead the army to conquer Qi. ”

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately disrupted most people's plans.

Then, everyone immediately looked in the direction where the voice came from, but it was Xian Yin Fan Huan who was speaking.

After Fan Huan spoke, a congratulatory voice sounded in the hall again: "The ministers think that what Xianyin said is extremely true, and they also ask the prince to conquer the Qi country in person to show my Chu country's determination to conquer Qi, so as to demonstrate the status of the king of the alliance." ”

At this time, Xiong Huai was startled, and his eyes swept roughly in the hall, but he saw that about one-fifth of the ministers in the hall had already bowed down.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai secretly exclaimed: "Okay, good, worthy of Xianyin, worthy of being the head of the conscientious officials, he has quietly pulled up such a powerful force."

With these loyal ministers and righteous people in front of them, the widow is completely relieved. ”

At the same time that Xiong Huai was secretly shocked, Prince Heng was also secretly scolding Fan Huan: "The old horseman, he is simply full of food and support, and it is troublesome." It was with great difficulty for me to create the current situation, how could I let my father lead the army to the battle. ”

Thinking about it, the crown prince immediately arched his hand and said: "My father is old, how can he stand the suffering of the army, and his sons are not good, and he is willing to lead the army for his father." ”

As soon as the prince spoke, Jing Que and the others immediately echoed: "The king, the prince is benevolent and filial, and the ministers please let the prince lead the army to the battle." ”

As soon as Jing Que and the others spoke, Tang Mo immediately retorted: "The prince's filial piety is commendable, but the prince has never led the army to fight, and rashly commanded hundreds of thousands of troops to fight, it is inevitable that he will be a little caught off guard, and the ministers please share the worries for the king." ”

"The King..."

As the ministers spoke one after another, the three factions of the new law faction, the old faction, and the neutral faction suddenly became a mess.

In the midst of the chaos, Xiong Huai coughed lightly twice, and after the ministers were quiet, he slowly spoke: "The widow is already seventy, and he has to take two breaths after walking three steps, where can he lead the army to attack the Qi country thousands of miles away!" Therefore, please don't mention the matter of the widow's personal conscription. ”

When the ministers heard this, they looked at the black hair of the king of Chu, and they all said: "······"

At this time, Xiong Huai looked at the prince again and said: "And the prince is benevolent and filial, and the widow has always known it, but recently the widow's strength has been lacking, and the prince needs to deal with state affairs, thinking that the widow will share his worries." ”

“···” Prince Heng: "What worries? What deals with state affairs? It's clear that you don't trust me! ”

Then, Xiong Huai pondered for a while, announced the candidates for the expedition, and said: "Fortunately, the princes are enthusiastic about the battle, so that the widows have confidence in winning the battle of Vaqi."

Therefore, this time to attack Qi, Huaiyin's 300,000 army was led by Ling Yin himself, and the Zhu State and the general as Ling Yin's deputy general swept Huaibei together, and then broke the Great Wall in the south of Qi and entered Qi proper. ”

Tang Yu was shocked when he heard that he had been appointed by the king of Chu as Zhaoju's deputy general, but in the main hall, after the king of Chu spoke, he had to salute with Zhaoju Zhaolang and said: "The ministers are willing to serve their lives!" ”

Xiong Huai nodded, and then spoke: "As for Shouying's 180,000 Chu army, Zuo Tu will be the main general, Guangxinjun and the general Pang Zhan will be the deputy general, and the troops will go out of Shouchun, take Pengcheng in the north, enter Xue and Weilu, bypass the Great Wall of Qi, enter the territory of Qi, and then assist Ling Yin to conquer the Great Wall of Qi." ”

When Qu Yuan, Tian Wen, and Pang Zhan heard this, they immediately surrendered their hands and said, "The ministers receive orders." ”

When the ministers heard this, they all looked sideways.

The crown prince looked at Qu Yuan sideways and said secretly: "Sure enough, my father not only wants to avenge Zi Qi this time, but also regards the battle of Vaqi as a key part of the change, and my father even sent Qu Yuan out." ”

Tang Mo looked at Qu Yuan and sighed lonely: "Sure enough, the king still belongs to Qu Yuan!" ”

While Jing Que breathed a sigh of relief, he also said very painfully: "As Sima, I am the best candidate for the commander of the Western Route Army, but the king would rather use Qu Yuan, who has never commanded the army, than me...

Sure enough, I haven't been trusted by the king all these years. ”

Fan Huan: "Providence..."

Tian Wen smiled hideously: "It's time for revenge, Tiandi, didn't you expect it, a few years ago you sent a large army to expel me, and a few years later, I led the army back." ”

Then, Xiong Huai looked at Sima Jingque and Taifu Yin Jinjun, who had just returned to Shouchun, and said: "Sima, Taifu Yin, after the army sets out, the follow-up grain and grass and military resources will be entrusted to the two of you." ”

Jing Que and Jin Jun responded at the same time: "Only! ”

···

Two days later.

Qu Yuan led his army to leave Shouchun and go to Pengcheng. And Zhao Ju led the army to open Huaiyin, went all the way north, and went straight to the heart of Qi in Huaibei.

On the other hand, the State of Qi had already cleared the field on the strong wall of Huaibei, focusing on the defense of Pengcheng, an important place in the Song State, and Tancheng, the gateway of Qilu, hoping to use these two fortified cities to hold back the Chu army and provide time for the Qi army in the north to repel the alliance of the six countries.

At the same time, in the north, the chief general of the coalition army, Le Yi, led his army to leave the Zhao State, and then slaughtered the Qi State in a mighty manner.

However, at this time, on the Qi side, the Qi general Touche led 400,000 Qi troops, and had already made preparations in Gaotang, an important town of Qi, and deployed defenses on the south bank of the river.

Le Yi killed, wanted to strengthen the river, but the tentacle guarded the law, and there was the help of the Qi water division, the two sides fought fiercely for three days, the entire river was like arrows and stones, and the coalition army was not allowed to enter, and then Le Yi and the tentacle fell into a stalemate by the river.

Southern.

Qu Yuan led the army into the Song Dynasty, and the people of the Song Dynasty responded one after another, eating pot pulp to welcome the Chu division, and twelve days after departure, Qu Yuan led the army to Pengcheng.

On the same day, outside Pengcheng, in the military camp of the Chu army, under the witness of the people of the clan and the ministers and nobles who came to the Song State, as well as Zhuangzi and other great sages of the Song State, Qu Yuan personally accepted Song Yu, a disciple of the Song Dynasty, as a student.

As soon as the news came out, the Song people were happy.

The next day, the Song people in Pengcheng rebelled, Qu Yuan took the opportunity to wave his army to attack Pengcheng, and on the same day, the Chu army conquered Pengcheng.

Then, Qu Yuan rested in Pengcheng while reorganizing the army, while appeasing the Song people, and on the other hand, sent Tian Wen to lobby Xue Di.

Five days later, Qu Yuan left 10,000 Chu troops to defend Pengcheng, and then took the 30,000 Song people who joined the Chu army to avenge the Qi people, and attacked 200,000 troops and marched to Xue Di.

Then, when Xue Di heard that Qu Yuan was leading the army, he immediately looked at the wind and surrendered.

Qu Yuan took Xue, immediately took out the edict of the king of Chu, sealed Guangxin Jun Tian Wen as the Duke of Xue, and when Tian Wen stabilized Xue, he recruited 20,000 Xue troops, and then led 220,000 troops to defeat Lu.

Twenty days later, Qu Yuan led his army to besiege Qufu.

Then, Qu Yuan sent Tian Wen into the city to persuade Lu Gongjia to surrender, Lu Gongjia was afraid of the strength of the Chu State, and was afraid of Tian Wen's sage, so he rebelled against Qi and returned to Chu.

The state of Lu rebelled, and then, many small countries such as Zou, Ren, Di, Teng, and Ji rebelled and returned to Chu.

The kingdoms rebelled, and Qu Yuan heard that Zhaoju was blocked in Tancheng, so he sent Tian Wen to go south with Lu Gongjia's edict to help Zhaoju attack Tancheng.

And Zhao Ju's side, since leaving Huaiyin, has been rushing all the way to Tancheng.

Because of the strong walls of Qi and the clear wilderness, the army led by Zhao Ju drove straight in, and it took more than a month to surround Tancheng, which was garrisoned by 100,000 Qilu coalition troops.

Subsequently, Zhao Ju attacked Tancheng for more than 20 days, but did not resist.

At this time, Tian Wenlai sent an envoy to Tancheng by repairing the book.

Tancheng Shou saw that the Lu State had fallen, and saw that Tian Wen was earnest in the letter, knowing Tian Wen's great reputation in the Qi State, and knowing the loss of Tian Wen of the King of Qi, so he led the whole city of soldiers and civilians to surrender to the Chu army.

Zhaoju conquered Tancheng, first went out to Anmin, and then dismissed the armies of Lu Zou and other countries, and then left 20,000 Chu troops to garrison Tancheng, and then forcibly ordered the Qi army to follow the army to attack Ju.

Twenty days later, Zhao Ju led his army to surround Jucheng and sent Tian Wen into the city to persuade him to surrender.

Doctor Ju complained about the tyranny of the King of Qi, and because the Jucheng army had already been emptied, he knew that it was difficult to hold on.

So, under the persuasion of Tian Wen, Dr. Ju killed himself in despair to serve the country.

Jucheng is Ke, all the important cities south of the Great Wall of Qi have fallen, so far, Linzi is shaken.